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Great use of negative printing and a minimal colour template. A really cool print running along the back lower edge too. And look, a giraffe!

Costiness=$28 Tee Link Rumplo Link

graniph design award.2

Graniph, the t-shirt company who have the rather prodigious honour of being the only shop I actually bought a t-shirt from last year (and it wasn’t even for me!), are following up on last years design competition with… well, another design competition. I know that t-shirt design competitions are ten a penny nowadays, but there’s something a bit special about Graniph, their t-shirts are amazing, and they’re Japanese, which we all know makes things cooler by a factor of about seven (seriously, have you seen the Beams T store in Harajuku?). Here’s the details:

graniph design award. 2 Application Guidelines

Application Requirements
The application process is open to anybody regardless of age, nationality, or sex.

Application Designs
Design Tshirts Store graniph wants tshirt designs from around the world.
Pictures, illustrations, graphics, and photographs are limited to flat surfaces, but there is no limit on the type of design.

Entry Period
February 1 - March 31, 2008

Prizes
Gold Prize for one design, 1 million yen (9,000 US$) + Commercialization of the design by Graniph
Silver Prizes for 10 designs, 100,000 yen (900 US$) + Commercialization of the designs by Graniph
Bronze Prizes for 20 designs, 50,000 yen (450 US$) + Commercialization of the designs by Graniph

Yeah, I know, 1 million yen sounds a lot more exciting that $9000, doesn’t it?

If you’re interested in giving it a shot, here’s the link.